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1833. Cerfde Timor, F. Cuv. Mamm. pi. 361. 



1852. Cervus peronii, Puch. Cerf, Arch, du Mus. vol. vi. p. 409. 



1839-44. Cervus rusa, var. timoriensis, Schl. et Mull. Verh. Ned. 

 Bez. Zool. pp. 212, 220. 



Hab. Timor (Peron, Dussumier), Samao, and Cambing near 

 Timor (Schlegel and Miiller). 



Specimens examined : — 



Type of F. Cuvier's and Pucheran's descriptions, Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 

 Paris. 



Midler's types, Mus. Leyden. 



Specimen from Leyden, British Museum. 



Living specimens in Zool. Gardens of Paris and Rotterdam. 



The Timor Deer is a short-legged, thickset animal. The facial 

 profile is remarkably concave, a character which I have frequently 

 noticed in Red Deer and Fallow Deer living under unfavourable cir- 

 cumstances. C. timoriensis is not more than half the size of C. hippe- 

 laphus. 



(ft) Cervus moluccensis. 



1830. Cervus moluccensis, Quoy et Gaim. Zool. de 1' Astrolabe, 

 torn. i. p. 133, pi. 24. 



1839-44. Cervus rusa, var. moluccensis, Schl. et Mull. Verh. Ned. 

 Bez. Zool. pp. 212, 220. 



1836. Cervus moluccensis, Eyd. et Gerv. Mag. de Zool. torn. vi. 

 p. 26. 



1839. , Eyd. et Gerv. Zool. de la Favorite, torn. v. 



Mamm. p. 26. 



Hab. Bouru (Quoy and Gaimard), Amboina (Schlegel and 

 Miiller), Celebes (Beccari). 



Specimens examined : — 



Schlegel and Midler's types, Mus. Leyden. 



Specimens collected by Beccari, Museo Civico, Genoa. 



Cervus moluccensis is a much more delicately built, graceful animal 



than C. timoriensis. 



The following are the dimensions of one of Beccari's specimens 



(c?):- 



Eng. inches. Metre. 



Total length of skull in a straight line . . 11 0*280 



From ant. rim of orbit to free extremity of 



preemaxillse 5*7 0*145 



Length of upper molar series 1*8 0*045 



Length of upper premolar series 1*4 0'035 



Greatest length of nasals 3*5 0*088 



Length of prsemaxillse 2*9 0"073 



Across the lower rims of orbits at the 



widest place 4*5 0*114 



- Length of humerus 7*9 0*200 



Length of radius 7*2 01 83 



